Almost Homophones
What is a water container used by the military and also serves as the name of the store that soldiers can get food and water?
Canteen
Coming from the Sanskrit words meaning "Wood Pavilion," this Nepalese capital is known as the city of temples.
Kathmandu
A genocidal alien and surprising father figure to some, this alien of pop culture was the big bad of the highest-grossing movie of all time.
Thanos
She wrote Jane Eyre but don't confuse her with her sisters!
Charlotte Brontë
Rapper/Musician
MØ
Build your empire and trade a variety of resources, our very own Basil Seif is a long-time player of this diplomatic board game.
Settlers of Catan
Skopje
Captain of the USS Enterprise and not William Shatner, this space soldier is played by Patrick Stewart.
Jean-Luc Picard
This sad French teen wrote all of his famous works before the age of 20! At 19, I was not.
Arthur Rimbaud
Restaurant
il Canale
Famous for his SNL work from 1996 to 2003, this star of the 2001 comedy Corky Romano is named?
Chris Kattan
A Portuguese word, this inlet city serves as the administrative seat of Benin.
Porto-Novo
Former Queen of Naboo and way too old for Anakin, this senator and anti-war advocate once said "So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause."
Padmé Amidala
Author of the most widely read book in modern African literature, this Igbo chief and professor at Brown University has been called "the father of modern African writing"
Chinua Achebe
Food/Produce
stroopwafel
This Star Wars character is the playable protagonist of Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast, his name is...
Kyle Katarn
Much of this capital was destroyed in 1948 due to an earthquake, but is now the largest city in Turkmenistan.
Ashgabat or Aşgabat
Not sexy in the original but sexy in the reboot, this hunky alien played by Keanu Reeves in 2008 made my Earth stand still!
One of the most notable writers of Russian realism, you probably read a book of his in your Senior English class which in my opinion is a punishment that simply doesn't fit the crime.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pop Culture
Jojo Siwa
Lightning McQueen's catchphrase.
Ka-chow!
Sitting at the center of Mexico City, this capital was home to the Mexica people and the capital of the Aztec Empire until 1521.
Tenochtitlan
This evil plant is out for world domination and he knows how to sing, feed me Seymour!
Audrey II
Typically known only by his first name, this Italian poet's depictions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art.
Dante Alighieri
Who is the lead vocalist of the Baha Men who proverbially let the dogs out?
Rik Carey